17. Surah Al Isra

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

إِلاَّ رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ...   

17: 87.  Except for Mercy from thy Lord:

C2287. In that case the only one who can plead for us is the Mercy of Allah.

We can interpret the phrase in its widest abstract sense, as well as in the concrete sense of the title which is applied to the holy Prophet Muhammad, the Mercy of Allah. Thus we come from the abstract question to the concrete question of the Quran, which is referred to by name in the verses that follow.

...إِنَّ فَضْلَهُ كَانَ عَلَيْكَ كَبِيرًا ﴿٨٧﴾

for His Bounty is to thee (indeed) great.

Other versions:

17: 87

Transliteration Illa_ rahmatam mir rabbik(a), inna fadlahu_ ka_na 'alaika kabira_(n).

Yusuf Ali Except for Mercy from thy Lord: for His Bounty is to thee (indeed) great.

Pickthall (It is naught) save mercy from thy Lord. Lo! His kindness unto thee was ever great.